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Fenrys bared his teeth, even as something
like grief dimmed his stare.
Another burning wave washed through her
knees, across her thighs. Aelin closed her eyes
against it.
She would endure this, would bear down on
this.
Her people had suffered for ten years.
Were likely suffering now. For their sake, she
would do this. Embrace it. Outlast it.
Connall’s rumbling voice rippled past her.
“You are a disgrace to our family, to this
kingdom. You whored yourself to a foreign
queen, and for what? I begged you to control
yourself when you were sent to hunt Lorcan. I
begged you to be smart. You might as well
have spat in my face.”
Fenrys snarled, and the sound must have
been some secret language between them,
because Connall snorted. “Leave? Why would